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This website has been developed as part of a 3-year project to establish the B@B Platform. The contract supporting the work on the Platform has now come to an end and the European Commission is currently reflecting on the future scope and mandate of the Platform. In the short-term the contents of the website will therefore not be updated.
EU B@B Platform publications
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Finance Mechanisms for Biodiversity in the EU: Workshop summary
The publication summarizes the outcomes of the final workshop focused on exploring existing and prospective financing mechanisms for biodiversity in the European context. See full publication here (September 2012).
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Business and the EU Biodiversity Strategy
The EU Biodiversity Strategy offers the framework for action for the private sector. The latter has a crucial role to play in helping conserve biodiversity in the European Union (EU). As major users of natural resources, businesses can have a large positive impact on the environment by reducing their footprint and adopting more biodiversity-friendly measures. See complete publication (August 2012).
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Implementation and further development of the EU B@B Platform: Workshop summary
EU and national B&B initiatives and their role in implementing the EU biodiversity strategy. See Workshop summary here (March 2012).
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Best practices in B@B: Compilation of case studies per sector from participating companies
Compilation of case studies from the companies participating in the B@B Platform on best practices in Business and Biodiversity. See publication (October 2011)
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Workshops on the EU Biodiversity Strategy: Summaries
The B@B Participants have gathered in September 2011 to discuss how the private sector can contribute to the EU Biodiversity Strategy. Here are the links to the summaries of this workshops per sector:Agriculture
Food supply
Forestry
Finance
Non-energy extractive industry
Tourism
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Towards benchmarking methodology for biodiversity: Compilation of Workshop Reports
Compilation of the reports of the workshops held in June 2011 on benchmarking methodology for biodiversity action by the private sector. See the compilation of workshop reports and the reports for each sector at these links:Agriculture
Food supply
Forestry
Finance
Non-energy extractive industry (September 2011)
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Best practice benchmarking: Summaries of sectoral workshops
In September 2010 B@B Participants gathered to discuss best practice benchmarking. The results of the discussions can be found at the links below per sector:
Agriculture
Food supply
Forestry
Finance
Non-energy extractive industry
Tourism